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12/15/08

Swiss Miss Pillow Give Away

I've been dying to make something just like this for about two months and think that I'll be making something really similar for myself soon. This one, however, is for you!

Its a 12" pillow made from 100% natural linen and pink cotton, stuffed with poly-fil, and sewn shut. All you have to do is leave a comment with a report on the weather in your town today. I want to know its colder somewhere else than it is in Missouri.

Comments will be open until Wednesday evening when I'll let Brett pick a winner. Make sure to leave a link to your blog or your e-mail so I can get in touch with you before the 19th.

I've got some fun news tomorrow so check back if you're at all interested in holiday projects I've been working on.

EDITED: Due to shipping costs, the give away is open to U.S. residents only. My apologies to the international readers.

well it was relatively mild here in ontario (just outside toronto) until about noon when i was on my break from work and then walking it was bitterly cold. the kind of cold where you have your mittens, toque, parka on and yet every bone in your body is still freezing. canada, i tell ya!!

in northern illinois: 10 degrees, but feels like -4. it was 49 last night and rainy and the temperature dropped more than 50 degrees in a 10-hour period... so, my ABS breaks have never gotten such a workout as today. slip, slip sliding all around.

It's hard to explain the weather here in Kingwood, TX - this morning I walked out to 70 degree, humid air...after being inside for about two hours I walked into a frigid 59 degrees! My boyfriend goes to school in Missouri (Springfield), and he is so loving the weather back in Houston. Is it iced over where you are? He left this past Saturday so he didn't experience the absolutely freezing weather. PS - Are you still sticking it out without your heater??

Brr! What?! Is this the dismal rainy Pacific Northwest? No. Can't be. Because right now we have snow, sun glare, and a side of sideways wind gusts. And my neighbors tires are spinning out as he drives up the road...

what a cute pillow! So much for sunny california! It's cold and rainy today in LA but for the most part we welcome any rain we can get.Fingers crossed that those in the burn areas aren't having trouble with the mud! littledrawings.blogspot.com

rain, rain, go away, come again some other day (i'm in so cal)! i'm addicted to your blog btw, but i've never introduced myself...sorry! STALKER ALERT!! :) you're just lovely though! i am in LOVE with your house...your taste is a breath of fresh air!

Here in Tacoma it is sunny (what?!) and 30 degrees. In my drafty, 100+ year old house, it feels not much warmer than that. Teacher hubby had a two-hour delay, but I'll have to brave the elements later for derby practice. What a day!

I don't think my comment posted....I'm from Manitoba, Canada, so I know I'm not eligible but I'd still like to tell you how cold it is here. -30 degrees celsius. -46 degreess with the windchill. Our zero is farenheit 32. And we're at minus 46. Ridiculous.

It was 10 below yesterday why my mother and I were out taking pictures of Alaskan scenery. I had to keep the truck running and roll the window down for most of the pictures. Will post some pictures later...

According to weather underground it is 13 above right now :) and we are getting some snow right now too...

I'm in Lawrence, KS and it's COLD. It says it's 9 degrees out, but there's also wind. I went to make some enlargements at Kinko's earlier and thought my ears would freeze off. Oh, according to weather.com it feels like -4. I hate the cold wind {and I LOVE that pillow!}

It has been between 0 and 10 degrees here in eastern Washington for the last couple of days! I grew up on the rainy westside of the state and just moved here last year, so I am definitely not used to this cold of weather!!

such a lovely blog you have. i check it daily and adore the glimpse into your pretty life. here in ypsilanti michigan it is 16.9 degrees F with a three degree windchill. yeehaw! my car was totaled today (by another car running a red!) and i had to walk alll the way home, so i can tell you: three degree windchill is effing c-o-l-d! thanks for offering such a fabulous giveaway - it's a great pillow & so sweet of you. :)take care!

today is our first day back with eletricity after "ICE STORM '08" here in Maine, sunny skies finally!....we were without power for 3 1/2 days....with a 4 & 2 year old, a senile dog, and temps got down to 8 degrees!!!

Ugh...unfortunately I also live in the frigid Missouri. I go to Mizzou and had a final today. By the time I got to the exam, my face was so cold that it felt like someone punched me in the forehead. Does that ever happen to anyone else?

it is currently -7 degrees here in sunny colorado... it just feels right to be this cold this time of year...i actually love it because I can bundle up in layers of clothes, drink a hot cup o' joe, sit under a toasty blanket, and knit away!

Love that pillow, Rachel! Well, it's freezing here in Fresno. I'm actually watching the news right now and the high tomorrow is supposed to be 45. Believe it or not {I can't!!} but it's actually supposed to SNOW here!! I'm sure if it does, it will be only a little, and won't stick, but you know.

Today it *H-A-I-L-E-D* like you wouldn't believe!! And it did stick around for awhile. Crazy for Fresno.

I know you said US only so that's fine but I wanted to make you feel better about the weather. I live in Manitoba Canada and it's a chilling -45 degrees Celsius with windchill. Yuck!The pillow is super cute!!

as of right now it is about 9 degrees. the da!y started off at around 17 so my face was freezin off walking through the parking lot on my way to work. calling for 2-4 inches of snow tonight with slight frreezing rain in the morning. gotta love sweet pittsburg ks. love the pillow too! angela.mayse@gmail.com

well actually, the weather here in baton rouge, la, was a balmy 75 degrees...but only 4 days ago, we had a freak snow storm (well, to us it was a storm)...we haven't had real snow this far south in almost 20 years, and we hadn't had that much (10 inches where i live!) in over 50! it was crazy!

well rachel..things are very very strange here in matthews, nc..it was cold high around 50 or so and all of sudden..it was spring!!..weird weird weird...I'm burnin up in my tank and hoodie right now..don't like this at all..I'm sweating vacuming around the tree..bah humbug..bring back the cold !!!!the kids are all comfused..thaey haven't a clue what to wear..my son put on shorts to go to school today..I let him gothoo\ugh he looked rather riduculous in december wearing shorts..I hope this changes real SOON!!!

I'll have to diasappoint you on this one...it reached the 80's today. But it's actually been pretty cold. It got down in the 40's one night, which is REALLY cold for South Florida! Especially when you don't even own a coat.

26 degrees and dropping here in sunny kenmore, washington! although if you watched the news you'd think we we had the coldest weather in the country... although i'm not complaining after reading these comments! :)

i'm also in st. louis, but i am a student and i did not have a snow day. it took me an hour and a half total to pry open the doors to my old camry, defrost the windows, and drive (verrry slowly) to school! tomorrow there is supposed to be sleet and snow, so i'm keeping my fingers crossed for a snow day!

I see Jenna already posted... (we live a couple blocks away). I'm also ineligible for the giveaway, being from Manitoba. Today there was a lot of school divisions cancelled because of extreme windchill... we're talking you could die outside people! The coldest it's been yet... -46 degrees celcius. As Jenna put it well... ridiculous.

our famliy of 4 live in tennessee, we have been under layers of blankets and drinking as much hot coa coa as possible, checking back and forth to the local weather to see when the ICE STORMS(oh my!!) are coming! although its bitterly cold out we have lots of crafty presents to catch up on as the holiday is nearing! <3adrienneKakornelson@gmail.com

Today we FROZE our tootsies off in Lincoln Nebraska with a temp. of 2 degrees!!! Our house was struggling to keep the heat at 60 all day! (In case this makes you feel better, the weather channel said it feels like -9!)

As another Missourian, well practically, just over the border into Kansas (literally I'm like 50 feet from the border)...it was about 10 degrees for the high today. 3.5 inches of snow tomorrow! Totally not awesome.

Oh Northern Canada weather. -25 degrees Celsius in my small town in Alberta. Blue skies and air so cold when you breathe in you cough. It's the perfect weather to spend by the fire reading a book, which is what I did today. Yummy winter.

Well in Ames, Iowa, last night was the coldest night yet, at -20degree wind chill, and VERRRY windy!! I live in a trailer, so we left the faucets on all night to keep the pipes from freezing! extra quilts for the beds for sure! tonights looking pretty chilly again, with 3-5 inches of snow coming! ugh! Very cute pillow to snuggle with! thanks for the giveaway! -Chelle

Not entering giveaway as I live in Australia, but just wanted to say how much I love it and think I may just make some for myself!! Too CUTE!!PS Its usually really hot this time of year and I swear its going to be Australias first white christmas!!

Currently it is -3 F and we have wind chills that make it feel 15 below zero. We are also suppose to get up to 6 inches of snow by tonight! But I am used to it, I have lived my whole life in Wisconsin.

It snowed all yesterday, so beautiful. Now it's 7 a.m. on Tuesday and everything is still covered in white. I'm originally from Hawaii so I can understand your yearning for a real, cold Christmas. Even though it was freezing I had to go stand in the snow last night, just to experience how hushed everything gets.

In Lubbock, Texas, it's about 30 degrees, and infallibly, the wind is blowing on top of that. After two minutes outside, I begin to wonder if my nose is still attached to my face.(Also, what a fantastic pillow! My husband claims Swiss ancestry, so I think he'd love it too, despite its charming pinkness.)

i live in lincoln, nebraska in a really old apartment, and sometimes at night when it's chilly enough, the windows creep open by themselves. i woke up this morning with snow in my room - it was really pretty, but really really cold!

Sorry I can't make you feel any better, but it's unseasonably warm here in NC this week ... temps nearing 70. It's way overcast and cloudy today, though. I'm a northeasterner originally, so I'm somewhat missing the cold weather -- it just doesn't feel like Christmas when it's so warm out. Thanks for hosting such a generous giveaway!

I'm in the Virginia Beach area and the weather has been a little crazy! Almost 70 yesterday and 45 today. I think it's supposed to go up and down again later this week. I don't think we'll be having a white Christmas this year but our fingers are crossed anyway!

San Joaquin Valley in CA ~ 45°F 50% chance of T-storms. The weather channel says tonight will bring the threat of freezingtemperatures (26-28° Brrr!)wherever clouds dissipate Bad for fragile vegetation :( great for a valley thats been dealing with a drought :)

I live in Lewiston, Idaho, the weather is usually nothing like it has been lately, however, it has been bone chillingly cold this week, it got as cold as 5 degrees last night was 9 degrees when I woke up this morning and it is not expected to be any higher than 23 degrees for the next week. BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!

Oh my goodness the pillow is so cute. I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba and the weather has been absolutely frigid. We have experienced low temperatures of -29 degrees celsius however that isn't bad until you factor in the windchill which has taken us down to -42 degrees celsius. Brrrrr..... Stay warm. Cheers,Tamara

Augh! It was a HIGH of 3 degrees here in western MN today, yesterday the wild chill made it feel like -36!! And we've been getting a ton more snow. I'm sure that cute pillow would help warm my house up!!

Well, here in Wyoming we hit a new record with -20 below. Brrrr. Luckily it seems to be getting a bit nicer...meaning it's now above zero degrees. :) I love the pillow and I'm so happy to have found your blog through Flickr.

Hey there Rachel, first of all, the pillow is gorgeous! Gorgeous, yet sweetly simple. :] i love it so much.

The weather here today got to a low of like.... 11 degrees I think. That's probably colder than Missouri I would expect! It snowed and blizzard...ed? all day here today and then freezing rain at night. yuck. Kids here at college were "ice skating" in their sneakers on the sidewalks. hahaha

hey i live in Spain. the weather here is cold!!!! this mornibg it was 1 degree celcius! wich is like 33 degrees!!! wow! we came from San Diego where it's not really cold, EVER! last christmas it was 74 degrees! we are definetly cold here!

I live in Spain but we have a US address. We are in the military and are stationed here!!! do i qualify for the contest????

I live in Kansas and we're currently in the deep freeze! We had 3-4 inches of snow yesterday and it was bitterly cold. There might be a bit of sun today but we're expecting freezing rain/snow again tomorrow. This is NOT my kind of weather :-)

Okay- it's probably not the coldest- in fact- doesn't really even feel too cold but it is currently 21 degrees in NH and snowing. Better than the 3 inches of ice we got over the weekend that knocked out power to half the state though. Love the little pillow!